On February 11, 2010, NASA launched a spacecraft to study the inner workings of the sun. The new Solar Dynamics Observatory was made to take the most detailed and comprehensive measurements of the sun ever. The satellite orbits Earth, but its orbit allows it to look at the sun continuously. It looks for activity like sunspots and solar flares, but it also studies the sun's magnetic field. By better understanding the sun's crazy and warped magnetic fields, scientists hope to better predict space weather events that spew harmful radiation toward Earth. The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched just in time to see the sun during the peak of its 11-year solar cycle.

Our Sun threw out two large flares the morning of September 6, including the biggest observed since 2006. You can get the whole story and more at astronomy.com.
http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/09/two-new-solar-flares
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NASA Spies A Weird, Monster Filament On The Sun

NASA has announced the rare solar sighting of “a dark filament encircling an active region.”

Researchers Discover the Date of the First Recorded Solar Eclipse

Researchers used Egyptian text and passages from the Old Testament to discover the first solar eclipse took place October, 30 1207 B.C.

Heliophysics Observatories

There have been few changes since the 2015 Earth-Orbiting Heliophysics Fleet. As of summer 2017, here's a tour of the NASA Heliophysics fleet from the near-Earth satellites out to the Voyagers beyond the heliopause.
The satellite orbits are colour coded for their observing program:
* Magenta: TIM (Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere) observations
* Yellow: solar observations and imagery
* Cyan: Geospace and magnetosphere
* Violet: Heliospheric observations

NASA Spacecraft Catches The Sun Getting Photobombed By The Moon

The moon recently got in the way of a NASA spacecraft's view of the sun.

UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER 7: SOLAR EVOLUTION

Part 7: The Evolution of the Sun
Based on papers published in BAMS:
PAPER I: THE SUN AS A VARIABLE STAR
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
PAPER II: THE VIOLENT SUN (EARLY ON LINE RELEASE)
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0191.1
PAPER III: THE SUN’S DOMAIN
(ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION – NOT YET AVAILABLE ON LINE)
LINKS TO THE VIDEO SERIES: UNDERSTNDING SPACE WEATHER
Part 1: The Sun as a Variable Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq8UYPMiOo&t=1s
Part 2: The Source of the Sun’s Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvibogW6FbU&t=66s
Part 3: Inside the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNptTgUVYB8
Part 4: The Rotating Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QPQlhRVtUo&t=8s
Part 5: Sunspots
https://youtu.be/_6fx7wLZ1B4
Part 6: The Solar Cycle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuKd0011GNA
Part 7: Solar Evolution
https://youtu.be/3z2QDYLHlf8

A Large Solar Storm Caused Global Aurora On Mars

Scientists have documented a global aurora on Mars, believed to have been sparked by a large solar storm.

A Reprieve for Emergency Responders: Solar Storm Forecast 09-28-2017

Although the solar active region responsible for all the X-flares just a few weeks ago has returned to Earth view, it is a shadow of its former self. Emergency responders to Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Maria as well as to the earthquakes in Mexico recently can sigh in relief as there is no threat of radio blackouts from big flares on the day side of Earth this week. We do have a solar storm though hitting Earth now from some fast wind that should last over the next 24-48 hours. Aurora photographers are currently reporting beautiful aurora down into mid-latitudes and views like this should continue. Amateur radio operators will have some issues with the bands, especially on the night side during the storm and GPS/GNSS operators should exercise caution near the dawn-dusk terminators and anywhere near aurora. See details of the latest activity and what else the Sun has in store this week.
For daily and often hourly updates (during active times) visit me on Twitter:
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For a more in-depth look at the data and images highlighted in this video see these links below.
Solar Imaging and Analysis:
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
Helioviewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/
STEREO-EUVI + SDO-AIA 360° Heliographic Maps: http://tcrb.nrl.navy.mil/~iuu/maps360/284/movietool.html
Flare Analysis: http://www.lmsal.com/solarsoft/latest_events/
Computer Aided CME Tracking CACTUS: http://www.sidc.oma.be/cactus/out/latestCMEs.html
GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/xray_1m.html
SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/
Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
NOAA Sunspot Classifications: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpdir/latest/
GONG: http://gong2.nso.edu/dailyimages/
GONG Magnetic Maps: http://gong.nso.edu/data/magmap/
LMSAL Heliophysics Events HEK http://www.lmsal.com/isolsearch
Solar Wind:
NOAA/SWPC: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov
ACE Solar Wind: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ace/ace_rtsw_data.html
Wang-Sheeley-Arge Solar Wind Prediction Model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ws/
NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSy...
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/
Magnetosphere, Ionosphere, Atmosphere:
GOES Magnetometer: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/mag_3d.html
Ionosphere D-Region Absorption (DRAP) model: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/drap/
Auroral Oval Ovation Products: http://helios.swpc.noaa.gov/ovation/
POES Auroral Global Maps: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/
Global 3-hr Kp index: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/rt_plots/kp_3d.html
Wing Kp index prediction: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wingkp/index.html
USGS Ground Magnetometers: http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/
USGS Disturbance Storm-Time (Dst): http://geomag.usgs.gov/realtime/dst/
NAIRAS Radiation Storm Model: http://terra2.spacenvironment.net/~raps_ops/current_files/globeView.html
HAARP Data Meters: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/
Multi-Purpose Space Environment Sites:
SOLARHAM: http://www.solarham.net/index.htm
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com
SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/
iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html
Definition of Geomagnetic Storm, Radiation Storm, and Radio Blackout Levels:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales/
None of this would be possible without the hard work and dedication of those who have provided all of this data for public use.
Images c/o NASA/ESA/CSA (most notably the superb SDO, SOHO, ACE, STEREO, CCMC, JPL & DSN teams, amazing professionals, hobbyists, institutions, organizations, agencies and amateurs such as those at the USAF/HAARP, NICT, NOAA, USGS, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Intellicast, Catatania, rice.edu, wisc.edu, sonoma.edu ucalgary.ca, rssi.ru, ohio-state.edu, solen.info, and more. Thanks for making Space Weather part of our every day dialogue.

Parker Solar Probe

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will be the first-ever mission to "touch" the sun. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will travel directly into the sun's atmosphere about 4 million miles from our star's surface. Launch is slated for summer 2018.
Learn more at: www.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe

UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER 6: THE SOLAR CYCLE

Part 6: The Solar Cycle
Based on papers published in BAMS:
PAPER I: THE SUN AS A VARIABLE STAR
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
PAPER II: THE VIOLENT SUN (EARLY ON LINE RELEASE)
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0191.1
PAPER III: THE SUN’S DOMAIN
(ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION – NOT YET AVAILABLE ON LINE)
LINKS TO THE VIDEO SERIES: UNDERSTNDING SPACE WEATHER
Part 1: The Sun as a Variable Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq8UYPMiOo&t=1s
Part 2: The Source of the Sun’s Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvibogW6FbU&t=66s
Part 3: Inside the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNptTgUVYB8
Part 4: The Rotating Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QPQlhRVtUo&t=8s
Part 5: Sunspots
https://youtu.be/_6fx7wLZ1B4

Understanding Space Weather 5: Sunspot

USWX SERIES
Part 5: Sunspots
Based on papers published in BAMS:
PAPER I: THE SUN AS A VARIABLE STAR
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
PAPER II: THE VIOLENT SUN (EARLY ON LINE RELEASE)
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0191.1
PAPER III: THE SUN’S DOMAIN
(ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION – NOT YET AVAILABLE ON LINE)
LINKS TO THE VIDEO SERIES: UNDERSTNDING SPACE WEATHER
Part 1: The Sun as a Variable Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq8UYPMiOo&t=1s
Part 2: The Source of the Sun’s Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvibogW6FbU&t=66s
Part 3: Inside the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNptTgUVYB8
Part 4: The Rotating Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QPQlhRVtUo&t=8s

UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER 4: THE ROTATING SUN

Part 4: THE ROTATING SUN
Based on papers published in BAMS:
PAPER I: THE SUN AS A VARIABLE STAR
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
PAPER II: THE VIOLENT SUN (EARLY ON LINE RELEASE)
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0191.1
PAPER III: THE SUN’S DOMAIN
(ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION – NOT YET AVAILABLE ON LINE)
LINKS TO THE VIDEO SERIES:
Part 1: The Sun as a Variable Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq8UYPMiOo&t=1s
Part 2: The Source of the Sun’s Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvibogW6FbU&t=66s
Part 3: Inside the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNptTgUVYB8

UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER 3

Part 3: INSIDE THE SUN
Based on papers published in BAMS:
PAPER I: THE SUN AS A VARIABLE STAR
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
PAPER II: THE VIOLENT SUN (EARLY ON LINE RELEASE)
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0191.1
PAPER III: THE SUN’S DOMAIN
(ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION – NOT YET AVAILABLE ON LINE)
Part 1: The Sun as a Variable Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq8UYPMiOo&t=1s
Part 2: The Source of the Sun’s Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvibogW6FbU&t=66s

Watch the Sun Blast Out the Biggest Solar Flare in a Decade | National Geographic

Violent disturbances in the sun's magnetic field have resulted in an especially powerful solar flare.
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The most massive solar flare in over a decade erupted from the sun on September 6, following a smaller, but still intense burst. In addition to a blast of radiation that hit Earth within minutes, a wave of charged particles called a coronal mass ejection has been predicted to hit today, which could affect satellites, GPS, and power grids. More blasts of a smaller magnitude followed yesterday.
READ: How the Strongest Solar Flare in a Decade Is Affecting Earth
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UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER 2

Part 2: The source of the Sun's energy
Based on papers published in BAMS:
http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
Part 1: The Sun as a Variable Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdq8UYPMiOo&t=1s

September 2017 Starts With Flare

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured images of the events. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.
To see how this event may affect Earth, please visit NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center at http://spaceweather.gov, the U.S. government's official source for space weather forecasts, alerts, watches and warnings.
X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. An X2 is twice as intense as an X1, an X3 is three times as intense, etc.
The X9.3 flare was the largest flare so far in the current solar cycle, the approximately 11-year-cycle during which the sun’s activity waxes and wanes. The current solar cycle began in December 2008, and is now decreasing in intensity and heading toward solar minimum. This is a phase when such eruptions on the sun are increasingly rare, but history has shown that they can nonetheless be intense.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessenger
Music: "Networked" from Killer Tracks
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X8.2 Flare! Sunspot Fires Parting Shot

Very active sunspot AR2673 delivered the ‘parting gift’ prior to moving out of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s line of sight. The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory also captured imagery of the ensuing coronal mass ejection (CME). -- The same sunspot fired off the largest solar flare in more than a decade: https://www.space.com/38057-sun-unleashes-decades-strongest-solar-flare.html
Credit: Space.com / footage courtesy NASA/SDO/ESA/SOHO / edited by Steve Spaleta

UNDERSTANDING SPACE WEATHER 1

PART 1: THE SUN AS A VARIABLE STAR
based on BAMS Paper: http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00179.1
Interview I did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rLBoceWnk&t=19s

Sun unleashes strongest solar flare in decade

The sun is nearing a low-activity point of its solar cycle, but researchers at NASA are detecting large solar flares leaving the celestial body.
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As the US enjoyed a total solar eclipse on 21 August 2017, ESA’s Sun-watching Proba-2 satellite captured three partial eclipses from its viewpoint, 800 km above Earth. Proba-2 orbits Earth about 14.5 times per day, and thanks to the constant change in viewing angle, it dipped in and out of the Moon’s shadow several times during the solar eclipse.
The Proba-2 images were taken by the SWAP imager, and show the solar disc in extreme-ultraviolet light to capture its turbulent surface and swirling corona corresponding to temperatures of about a million degrees.
Credits: ESA/Royal Observatory Belgium

Weather Balloons Help Study The Sun's Boiling Plasma During An Eclipse

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Exploring the Sun's Corona with NASA's Parker Solar Probe

NASA Parker Solar Probe project scientist Nicola Fox of Johns Hopkins APL explains the Sun's corona, visible during the August 21, 2017 total eclipse that will pass over much of the United States, and how Parker Solar Probe will help us unlock some of the mysteries of our star.
To learn more about Parker Solar Probe, visit http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/index.php

Parker Solar Probe mission trailer

NASA has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft – humanity’s first mission to a star, which will launch in 2018 – as the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker. The announcement was made at a ceremony at the University of Chicago, where Parker serves as the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Learn more at http://solarprobe.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Show-Article.php?articleID=26

NASA Tracked A Solar Storm As It Traveled Through Space

NASA has posted a video showing how it tracked a solar storm in space.

Animation visualising the propagation of a coronal mass ejection leaving the Sun on 14 October 2014 and highlighting the speed at which it reached various spacecraft over the following days, weeks and months (not to scale).
The spacecraft detected various properties of the coronal mass ejection, between them including images, an enhancement of the magnetic field strength, increases in the solar wind speed, and decreases in the influx of the galactic cosmic rays.
In the inner Solar System data was collected ESA’s Venus Express and by NASA’s Stereo-A, at Mars by ESA’s Mars Express, NASA’s Mars Odyssey and Maven orbiters and its Curiosity rover, and at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by Rosetta. In the outer Solar System, the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft felt the effects, and although inconclusive, hints of the CME were also seen at NASA’s New Horizons and Voyager-2.
The speed of the CME leaving the Sun was estimated to be around a maximum of 1000 km/s. The effects were felt at Venus Express (inferred from housekeeping data) in the morning of 16 October, and at Stereo-A in the evening. The next day, it arrived at Mars, with the speed measured by the Energetic Neutral Atoms Analyser (ASPERA-3) on Mars Express. The decrease in speed was slightly lower at the Mars side as the CME was riding on a high-speed solar wind stream, compared with a quicker decrease on the Venus side.
At Rosetta the speed was derived from the analysis of ion counts recorded by the Ion Composition Analyser of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium package. At Saturn, the speed could not be measured directly, but rather the 500 km/s is estimated from modelling. The speed at New Horizons corresponds to solar wind speeds observed in a window around the estimated arrival time.
Read more on the ESA website:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Tracking_a_solar_eruption_through_the_Solar_System

Solar eclipse 2017: Great American Eclipse is going to make animals act all weird - TomoNews

SAN FRANCISCO — Animals are going to act weird when a total solar eclipse passes over the United States later this month.
Scientists say when the moon starts to move between the sun and the earth, we could see hoofed animals lying down, and hear songbirds fall silent, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Eclipse chasers report seeing dolphins and whales swim to the surface of the ocean five minutes before an eclipse. Meanwhile, others talk of llamas gathering in line to gaze at the sky, or of spiders dismantling their webs.
According to scientists, an eclipse can disrupt animals' circadian clocks, convincing some it's time to go to bed, or prompting nocturnal creatures to come out and hunt.
Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences are asking citizens to take part in an experiment by reporting animal behavior during the Great American Eclipse on August 21.
They want to know what all kinds of animals get up to, including domesticated ones.
For more info, check out the iNaturalist app on the App Store or Google Play, or go to www.inaturalist.org.
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Sun Shreds Its Own Eruption

On September 30, 2014, multiple NASA observatories watched what appeared to be the beginnings of a solar eruption. A filament -- a serpentine structure consisting of dense solar material and often associated with solar eruptions -- rose from the surface, gaining energy and speed as it soared. But instead of erupting from the Sun, the filament collapsed, shredded to pieces by invisible magnetic forces.
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-watches-the-sun-put-a-stop-to-its-own-eruption/
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein
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Many are looking forward the rare total solar eclipse that will occur on August 21, and it appears modern humans aren’t the only ones who get excited about such an event.

Two Weeks in the Life of a Sunspot

On July 5, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region -- an area of intense and complex magnetic fields -- rotate into view on the sun. The satellite continued to track the region as it grew and eventually rotated across the sun and out of view on July 17.
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/two-weeks-in-the-life-of-a-sunspot
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The Sun’s core rotates nearly four times faster than its surface - SpaceTime with Stuart Gary S20E61

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*The Sun’s core rotates nearly four times faster than its surface
Astronomers have discovered that the Sun’s core rotates four times faster than its surface. The findings open a new window into solar physics – providing new insights into the Sun’s internal structure and composition.
*Weighing a distant black hole
Astronomers have used to rotational speed cold gas clouds in a distant galaxy to make the most precise measurements ever of the mass of the supermassive black hole at its centre. The team found that the supermassive black hole which resides in the heart of the galaxy NGC1332 has about 660 million times the mass of the Sun.
*Titans lakes fizz like soda pop
New data indicates the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles. Researchers simulated the frigid surface conditions on Titan, finding that significant amounts of nitrogen can be dissolved in the extremely cold liquid methane that rains from the skies and collects in rivers, lakes and seas.
*August Skywatch
The Perseids meteor shower reaches its peak this month.
*The Science Report
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On August 21, a total solar eclipse will take place over the continental U.S. If you're unable to see it in person, TIME has got you covered. Follow TIME on Youtube, Twitter, Instagram & Facebook to watch our live broadcast of the eclipse, hosted by TIME Editor at Large, Jeffrey Kluger, and me!
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What are Eclipses? || Solar Eclipse || Lunar Eclipse || Astronomy

★★★VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE★★★
Many fake eclipse glasses have been sold on Amazon.com
Please read these articles and be safe!
https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/iso-certification
Here is an approved list of vendors:
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What is an Eclipse? You may be a little confused about the difference between a Solar Eclipse and a Lunar Eclipse. You know an Eclipse has something to do with the Earth getting in the way of the Moon -- or, is it the Moon getting in the way of the Sun? Which is for a Solar Eclipse, and which is for a Lunar Eclipse? In this video, we’ll take a closer look.
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You cannot watch a Solar Eclipse without protective ECLIPSE GLASSES.
The key is to make sure they are ISO and CE certified. You should not be able to see ANYTHING other than the Sun.
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Sometimes, the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon all line up along a straight line. When the Earth is in the middle, the shadow of the Earth can fall on the Moon, which is a Lunar Eclipse. OR, in the other arrangement, with the Moon in the middle, the shadow of the Moon can fall on the Earth, which is a Solar Eclipse. Notice that these Eclipses only happen during a New Moon (in the case of a Solar Eclipse) or a Full Moon (in the case of a Lunar Eclipse). But why don’t these happen every single month?
You know that the Moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth orbits the Sun. But these orbits don’t take place in the same PLANE. There’s a difference of about 5 degrees between the plane of the Earth’s orbit and the plane of the Moon’s orbit. The two orbital planes intersect along what we call the “Line of Nodes.” This line passes through the Earth. It’s only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon all line up juuust right along the line of nodes, that you get an eclipse.
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600M Years From Now, Earth Will See Last Solar Eclipse

On August 21, viewers across the continental United States will be treated to a rare display of a total solar eclipse. Those in the specific path, ranging from the coast of Oregon to South Carolina's shore, should experience complete darkness for approximately two minutes. Those not in the direct path will be treated to a partial eclipse. Many are making plans to travel to see the rare phenomenon. But don't worry, if you don't have plans for this one, there will be more. According to a scientist at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, “About 600 million years from now, Earth will experience the beauty and drama of a total solar eclipse for the last time.”
Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the total solar eclipses have gone by. PDT) to South Carolina’s shore (around 2:50 p.m. Don’t worry if you miss next month’s shadowing of the sun: You have another 600 million years to spot a total solar eclipse. As the moon’s dark silhouette completely obscures the bright light of the sun, a faint solar corona is all that remains visible of the burning star. But the moon’s slow progression away from Earth means these phases will eventually pass.
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How a Dyson Swarm Might Work

Could we ever harness our power from a shell of solar collectors positioned around a star? It's called a Dyson Sphere, and was theorized by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960. Dyson predicted we could detect alien civilizations using this technology by looking for the heat signatures they would emit.

Parker Solar Probe: Swing Past the Sun (close up)

Coronal Mass Ejections and the Solar Eclipse

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Don't Blindly Trust Companies Selling Solar Eclipse Glasses On Amazon

On August 21st, a total solar eclipse will pass through the continental United States — traveling from the coasts of Oregon to South Carolina. It’s going to be an incredible sight, but the only way to watch it safely is to view the Sun with special solar filter glasses that block out the majority of the Sun’s light. Only certain solar filter glasses sold online have been properly certified. A quick search of solar filter glasses on Amazon will pull up hundreds of companies selling products for safely viewing the eclipse. Many of the glasses are sponsored or recommended by Amazon, and claim to have been certified for safely viewing the Sun. However, some of the vendors being featured on Amazon’s website are allegedly selling counterfeit products, and it’s hard to tell which ones are legitimate. To properly view the eclipse, you need solar filter glasses that are in good condition and meet the standards set by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO. As of now, NASA and AAS only recognize five manufacturers with glasses that meet the proper ISO standards: Rainbow Symphony, American Paper Optics, Thousand Oaks Optical, TSE 17, and Baader Planetarium. It is best to try to buy the glasses directly from one of these manufacturers, which have plenty available.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16033902/solar-eclipse-amazon-solar-filter-glasses-safety-iso-certified
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The Great American Solar Eclipse - Dr. Mike Reynolds

A total solar eclipse has been described by many as simply indescribable. Both eclipse chasers and even professionals state that photographs cannot convey the majesty of an eclipse.
As a part of the Eclipse panel, we’ll look at the various aspects of a total solar eclipse. Starting with the partial phase – the appetizer – there is a lot to see and experience leading up to second contact and those way-too brief couple of minutes of totality. Totality itself is truly a whole senses experience; one does not want to become too engrossed in imaging (like me!) or even spending the entire totality at the eyepiece of a telescope.
So how is the best way to observe a total solar eclipse and what do you look for? I’ll provide a number of suggestions; you’ll provide the opportunity to observe totality on August 21, 2017!
A link to the associated AHSP 2017 PPT's - http://www.ahsp.org/home/program/presentations/

Safety Tips for the Solar Eclipse – August 21, 2017

Learn how to view the Solar Eclipse with EclipSmart product and don't get caught unprepared! EclipSmart products are ISO compliant filtering out 99.99% of visible light!
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Watch the talented Reggie Watts perform at the Exploratorium August 9th, 2012. Reggie was at the Exploratorium for an Osher Fellowship, and he graciously joined us at the end of a live webcast on Mars to share a little of his own feelings about the red planet!

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